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Evangelion is a series about three barely pubescent kids who all get shoved into breathable liquid in the cockpits of giant monsters and are forced to fight against angels to save the planet. It turns out that everything is a lot weirder than that -- the robots are souls, the organization they're working for wants to end the world, one of them is a clone of another's mom, but he wants to bone the clone. The world ends after one of them jacks off to another in a hospital bed. It's a tragic, melodramatic, teenage story of life and death and horror. But it got slapped on enough candy, body pillows, toys, and video games that liking Evangelion isn't seen as a personality issue but just a fun thing.
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So, of course, with two overly exploited horror stories, they would inevitably collide. And where better than Universal Studios Japan! Yes, there is a ride in Japan called Godzilla vs. Evangelion. There you can participate in a ride that shows you caught in a battle between the Evas (exploited child soldiers) and Godzilla (the horrors of nuclear war). After a while, though, as with all superhero showdowns, the two turn their attention to the real threat: King Ghidorah, an outside danger uniting the two. He represents ... Russia maybe, or like ... alcoholism. Something meaningful, probably. The meaning is then pounded into this lightning-breathing dragon by all the Evas and Godzilla who rip and tear this idiot apart.
This isn't a stand-alone either. As Shin Godzilla was being released, an entire line of Godzilla vs. Evangelion products was released, given that Shin Godzilla was directed by Evangelion's director.Â
Half-Eva/half-Godzilla hybrids …
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… MechaEvaGodzillas, and even a concert album all exist in this weird hybrid universe (and all of this on-sale immediately after leaving the ride). It's almost admirable that upon viewing two of the most horrifying stories of carnage, loss, and destruction, audiences went, "Ah, let's make 'em hug."